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Russia hammered Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding 23, just hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly. Zelenskyy met US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as Trump has expressed frustration over the lack of progress in talks aimed at ending the war and the continued escalation of aerial attacks by both sides. Emerald Maxwell reports.

Russia hammered Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding 23, just hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly. Zelenskyy met US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as Trump has expressed frustration over the lack of progress in talks aimed at ending the war and the continued escalation of aerial attacks by both sides. Emerald Maxwell reports.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is speaking before the UN General Assembly Wednesday in his first speech at the world body since the US and Israel launched the conflict with his country. His address comes a day after US President Donald Trump told the UNGA he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" and "drive them into hell". France 24 correspondent from New York, Jessica Le Masurier, tells us more.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to convey the critical urgency of his nation’s plight to world leaders increasingly distracted by competing global crises and domestic political pressures.

Four people were injured in a strike by Russian forces using guided aerial bombs on Sumy; civilian infrastructure, residential areas, non-residential buildings, and vehicles were also damaged, reported Oleh Hryhorov, head of Sumy Regional Military Administration.
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KYIV. Sept 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) –The number of people injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kyiv has risen to 41, the press service of the Kyiv City Military Administration has reported.
Marco Rubio: Trump really doesn’t think the world right now needs a “West Bank crisis,” and that’s our position.
Marco Rubio: We have plenty of munitions to achieve our objectives in the case of Iran, but we are not only in Iran. We have obligations in the Indo-Pacific. We have obligations increasingly in the Southern Command. Any part of the world where you go and tell them there are going to be five less American soldiers and two less planes, everybody freaks out.
Ruslan Pankratov said there is a gap between repealing Article 137 and the actual arrival of nuclear weapons on Lithuanian soil
Netanyahu: I am now setting off for New York to defend the State of Israel and IDF soldiers from the UN podium. You hear the terrible lies being spread there like in other places around the world. I will go and confront those lies. I will go and stand up for the truth—the truth of our soldiers and our country.
Marco Rubio on Gaza: Ultimately, the way Gaza gets solved is a Gaza that’s free of Hamas, governed by Palestinian leadership that’s reflective of its people.
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Marco Rubio on China: China’s military is undergoing the most rapid military buildup probably in history.
Estonian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov urged other NATO countries to "calm down"

While addressing the UNGA, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held up photos of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that the US assassinated on the first day of the war and the 150 school children who were killed by a US strike.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian strikes targeted at least four Ukrainian regions overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, killing five people. Ukraine, meanwhile, hit a Russian oil refinery deep within the latter's territory, part of its ongoing campaign targeting Russian energy sites. https://t.co/TRhBV8xlL4

"Such a high, even record, number of people who came out and voted shows that the people of Russia support our efforts aimed at strengthening the country," he said.

When the presidents of the United States and China meet in Washington, the world will be watching to see whether their two countries can make good on their agreement to work towards “constructive strategic stability”. In the sixth part of a series, Chong Ming Lee and Vincent Chow examine what’s behind the call for “pacing” by American AI giants – effectively a slowdown in development – and how the phenomenon is being viewed in China. After years of rapid development, leading US AI executives are

This year’s powerful El Nino weather pattern could lead to 451,000 additional heat-related deaths worldwide through February as it turbocharges global temperatures, according to projections published on Wednesday. The warming phenomenon, which was declared in June and is due to peak later this year, is on course to be the strongest on record, amplifying the effects of human-induced climate change. The estimates by the Climate Impact Lab at the University of Chicago found that developing countrie
Marco Rubio on Iran: I don’t want to mischaracterize yesterday’s talks as a major breakthrough, but I think at the same time it was significant that at least there was a conversation.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy met Trump on Tuesday and discussed a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.

L’affaire opposant le parquet au général Philémon Yav, ancien commandant de la 3ème zone de défense au Nord-Kivu, a été prise en délibéré mardi 22 septembre 2026, lors d’une audience de la Haute Cour militaire tenue à Kinshasa, après la clôture des débats. Le général Yav est jugé dans une affaire impliquant plusieurs officiers poursuivis notamment pour tentative de déstabilisation des institutions.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s speech in his address to the UN General Assembly. He opened by showing images of Iranian civilians killed in US strikes, saying they demonstrated the impact of US and Israeli military action against Iran. During his speech, the US delegation walked out of the General Assembly hall. France 24 International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani has more.
Marco Rubio on Sudan: It’s growing increasingly frustrating. Every time we seem like we are on the verge of making progress, one side or the other backs off because they think they’re winning or could win.

Capt. Bianca C. Wilkerson, 37, of Norfolk, Virginia, died on a non-combat flight to Saudi Arabia, the Army said, from a "medical incident." The post Pentagon identifies Virginia soldier as 19th death in support of Iran war appeared first on Task & Purpose.
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ATESH says it disabled four relay cabinets in Voronezh Oblast, which helped a Russian operation in Donetsk Oblast.
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The Mi-8 helicopter spent 42 seconds in Polish airspace, the Polish military said.
Moscow views the EU's anti-Russian restrictive measures as illegitimate and unfounded, the commentary stated
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TUNIS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A year ago, Wael Naouar stood on the deck of a boat at Sidi Bou Said port on Tunisia's Mediterranean coast, waving to thousands of supporters before setting off to try to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by breaking Israel's naval blockade. Today, Naouar is more than a month into an open-ended hunger strike in a prison outside Tunis, demanding that the charges of financial misconduct against him and three other activists arrested with him be dropped.
By Parisa Hafezi and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iran will not surrender in the war with the United States, but believes in diplomacy to try to end the conflict, Iranian PresidentMasoud Pezeshkian told the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday. The United States delegation walked out at the start of Pezeshkian's speech. The US mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
By Parisa Hafezi and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused US President Donald Trump of a "bullying mentality" at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying Iran would not surrender in the war with the US but remained open to diplomacy to end the conflict. In a wartime address to the 193-member UN General Assembly, Pezeshkian said threats would only harden Iran's resolve, rejecting Trump's warning that he could annihilate Iran if no deal we
Marco Rubio: I think the Iranians are under this illusion that Democrats are going to win in November and Trump will no longer be able to do things against them. I just don't think they understand our system very well.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: Trump must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying. We will never bow our head or bend the knee.

The US-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month US$2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat. At a meeting of the group’s board, the governors unveiled a 66-project blueprint to get things started while acknowledging enormous hurdles that must still be overcome. The projects include ambitious infrastructure, education and health initiatives that are designed to support Trump’s 20-point plan to end...

The helicopter entered Polish airspace to a maximum depth of around 300 meters and remained there for 42 seconds, Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command said.